What did you reload today?

[markshere2]

Know results will vary but on average how much do these mar the bullets?

The puller in a die has to grip the bullet. That will leave a mark.
The impact puller doesn't.

Pad inside the bottom of the puller with a foam earplug and the bullet won't be deformed by the impact as it comes outta the case.
When swinging the impact puller, apply it to a hardwood anvil for longest life of the tool. I broke 2 of them until I figured that out. I use an 18" chunk of 4x4 i cut from an old pallet and bang it on the end grain.
Snap it down with wrist action. Don't take a full arm swing.

Stuck bullets can be loosened by gently bopping the point of the bullet to break the case grip. Use a SOFT FACED HAMMER.

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The puller in a die has to grip the bullet. That will leave a mark.
The impact puller doesn't.

Pad inside the bottom of the puller with a foam earplug and the bullet won't be deformed by the impact as it comes outta the case.
When swinging the impact puller, apply it to a hardwood anvil for longest life of the tool. I broke 2 of them until I figured that out. I use an 18" chunk of 4x4 i cut from an old pallet and bang it on the end grain.
Snap it down with wrist action. Don't take a full arm swing.

Stuck bullets can be loosened by gently bopping the point of the bullet to break the case grip. Use a SOFT FACED HAMMER.

Good advice. Seems we took some of the same reloading classes, aka experience.
I like what Twain said about experience being a great teacher, but the test comes first and the lesson later.
Have been using an inertia puller for awhile.
Have also broken one over the years. Like most things happens when you really want to use it, on a Saturday night holiday weekend where replacement will be a few days away.
Anyway came across a few hundred reloaded .44's, mostly cast but some jacketed.
Tore them down cause they weren't my loads and the cast was undersized for my use.
Will recast them.
Did get the RCBS puller and it was slick. Very little marring on the jacketed and most of the hard cast pulled clean. Didn't seem like much of a crimp on these for a .44.

[oldengineer]

I also got the RCBS puller a while back, mostly to pull some .223 rounds with partial roll crimps that I almost broke the basement floor trying to bang out. It's so neato that I ended up getting collets for pistol rounds that I reload. No more banging for me.

[Walleye Hunter]

I had to get the RCBS puller to dismember some .338s that I screwed up. Got the puller and the collet at Oaks for good price. I beat the crap out of that hammer and it just wouldn't do it.

[27hand]

I just had 100 Hammer Hunter 160 gr bullets delivered a couple days ago. I have about 75 pieces of new Nosler brass.
The box on the brass says ready to reload.
Not sure I trust them. I'll check case length and run a few thru a sizer die ( maybe all). I have a couple pounds of RL23.
The 4 rounds I shot while checking velocity averaged 3255 which is faster than I thought they would run.

I'll get this new Leupold custom dial ans see how the scope/ round tracks out to 400.


I should shoot more

[flygrimm]

I should shoot more

We all should!

[Emptymag]

Too busy not waiting for NFA paperwork to reload.

[27hand]

Too busy not waiting for NFA paperwork to reload.

You should stop not waiting for NFA paperwork. Shoot more so reloaders can range chicken your brass to reload.
You should shoot more.

[Brick]

Didn't reload nuffin" But I spent the afternoon cleaning up some .223/5.56 and changing over my 550 to size the stuff in preparation for bullets and primers yet to come! The brass is ready to be decapped and the primer pockets cleaned and swaged and case mouth chamfered.

[knight0334]

Heck, I haven't reloaded shit in years. My reloading stand is buried under a mountain of crap.

I think the last things I reloaded were some .45Colt, .44Mag, .44Spl, and .45-120.